NYAB Event - Ulla Enevoldsen and Vibeke Fuglsang-Damgaard “Habitat”

Ulla Enevoldsen and Vibeke Fuglsang-Damgaard “Habitat”

Elga Wimmer PCC

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ELGA WIMMER PCC, the curators and the artists present the exhibition Habitat: Ulla Enevoldsen and Vibeke Fuglsang-Damgaard.

Ulla Enevoldsen likens the abundance and longevity of nature to humanity composing her works out of hand-made paper sometimes combining it with other materials like metal, stone, or even optic fibers. Consequently in her Human Snow Crystal, appears a human form juxtaposed upon a cut out of a snowflake. Enevoldsen works with other celestial phenomena as well orbs that can be read as galaxies, the moon, sun or planets. Moreover, she creates interactive sculptures such as Sea Gobble and Wave that come alive as the viewer approaches. At times they emit repetitive ocean wave sounds while simultaneously responding to light. With her constantly changing sculptures Enevoldsen overcomes staticity, creating dynamic pieces that interact with the viewer. Enevoldsen’s installations although beautiful and subtle in coloration, contain a critical twist that is evident in such orb pieces as Ice and Stone, Ice Holes, and in Ice Sandseen in their deteriorating aspects. Ice and Stone’s cool grayish/turquoise colors and pock marked surface are reminiscent of a moonscape while Ice Holes emits a feeling of coldness and melting ice in its blueness, and Ice Sand is much like a burning dessert.

Fuglsang-Damgaard is environmentally aware with a focus on water energy from which everything flows. Her interest in water flows with that of the writer Austrian Viktor Schauberger whose works inspired her. He wrote of water reaching its highest density at four degrees, that it gains energy in curves and spirals, creating enough counter-streaming for trout to jump upward in a river. In her statement, Fuglsang-Damgaard points out that we live in water (amniotic fluid) before we are born. In her installation, a leaking faucet is attached to a pink cardboard box instead of a natural source. Furthermore, the box is open, as it ostensibly appears, the water has been depleted. In another area of the installation water is spilling out of an open blue box while nearby aquatic life forms appear to be swimming downstream. Visible upon closer examination these fish shaped forms contain hooks with fishing flies that necessitate we read them critically. Similarly, in the same installation is a heart-shaped area comprised of black daggers with blue water drops painted on them. What becomes obvious is that Fuglsang-Damgaard is an artist dedicated to the continuity of life creating her works from recycled materials so as to contribute to its survival. All of the works in this show formulate a holistic message about the world’s survival and the abuses perpetrated by humanity on the natural habitat.